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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AMRUTI NAIK
Contact: 86****2552
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- LGD code
- 382766
- Pincode
- 768108
- Post office
- Deogarh (Debagarh)
- Population
- 2,820
- Households
- 691
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,727
Census 2011 · in context
How Ballam compares
By population, Ballam ranks #1 of 247 villages in Debagarh mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
63.7%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Ballam
- 63.7%
- Debagarh mandal
- 61.3%
- Deogarh district
- 63.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−35 vs mandal average
- Ballam
- 950
- Debagarh mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ballam
- 4.1
- Debagarh mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ballam at a glance
Ballam is a village of 2,820 people in 691 households (Census 2011) in Debagarh block, Deogarh district, Odisha, the largest of 247 villages in Debagarh block. Literacy is 64%, 2 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768108, served by Deogarh (Debagarh) post office; the LGD village code is 382766. The sarpanch is AMRUTI NAIK, and the village votes in Boudh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Saroj Kumar Pradhan. The population is estimated at 3,325 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ballam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DEBAGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balam
- Total area (ha)
- 978
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 216.91
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ballam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ballam
- LGD code
- 382766
- Pincode
- 768108
- Post office
- Deogarh (Debagarh)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,820
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,325
- Households
- 691
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boudh
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Saroj Kumar Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AMRUTI NAIK
- Block / Mandal
- Debagarh
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Other villages in Debagarh mandal
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- Kalakatha
- Palunipada
- Jharagogua
- Panibhandar
- Kalamati
- Tusula
- Asananali
- Subarnapali
- Kailash
- Bijaynagar
- Gunduripasi
- Gandam
- Chhepilipali
- Kurod
- Tainsar
- Bisibalipasi
- Salohi
- Khajuridarh
- Telikusum
- Palkudar
- Goilo
- Kalanda
- Bindapur
- Jharmunda
- Ganganan
- Gogua
- Dimirikuda
- Badabahal
- Ludhar
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)